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Our Freeze Dried Nopal Powder Capsules (Prickly Pear) contains calcium, the body's most abundant mineral. Teeth and bones make up 99% of the calcium in our body while the other 1% is found in our fluids and tissues where it is used for a variety of purposes such as nerve impulse transmission, muscle contraction, cell metabolism and blood clotting.(1*)In addition, many enzymatic reactions that take place in the body are dependent on calcium.(2*), (3*), (4*)

A deficiency of calcium may lead to osteoporosis, a condition in which the bones' tissue breakdown occurs faster than their tissue creation.(5*) In addition to becoming less dense (the outer bone actually becomes porous) bones also become more brittle which leads to an increased risk of fractures and breaks.(6*)Women who have gone through menopause are at the greatest risk for developing osteoporosis for two reasons:

1. Compared to men they naturally have smaller, less dense bones.

2. It has been shown that the drop in estrogen after menopause is a direct risk factor for developing osteoporosis.(7*), (8*),(9*)

Hypocalcemia, or a shortage of calcium in the blood, may be symptomatic of a parathyroid disorder. Symptoms of hypocalcemia include muscle twitches, numbness, tingling sensations and muscle spasms.

Hypocalcaemia should not be taken lightly as it can also lead to osteoporosis - if the parathyroid glands detect that levels of calcium in the blood are low they will "instruct" the body to take it from its bones to increase the amount of calcium in the blood and this, in turn, makes the bones less dense.(10*), (11*), (12*)